Monday, July 13, 2015

Tuesday Tales - Picture Prompt

Hello! It`s time for Tuesday
Tales.

Today we have another snippet
from Wind in White Birch. It`s our picture prompt and the excerpt
must reflect the image and be under 300 words. Don`t forget to visit the other talented
Tuesday Tales authors. Thanks for stopping by!

Sometimes
you have to be thankful for rowdy boys. Julia`s three sons came charging into
the kitchen ahead of their mother, effectively cutting off any disparaging
comments she might have had brewing. Was she happy to see me here, eating her
brothers food after obviously spending the night in his bed? Not at all. Her
eyes glazed over like ice-hewn obsidian as she barked at her sons to settle
down. Jonah, being the youngest of his brood and a first-class instigator,
opened the day’s festivities.

“Sorry
you missed all the coffee, Jules. It was hard to get moving this morning,” he
said with a wink. I sipped my coffee, peeking over the rim of the mug.

“Did
you and Dana work hard last night?” one of Julia`s boys asked while sneaking a
flapjack from the platter.

“You
could say that,” Jonah said, eyeing his sister`s stiff back. Julia, to her
credit, simply continued making a fresh pot of coffee. When she turned around
my eyes widened and I slurped without meaning to.

“So
I guess me coming out to help you with the log treatment isn`t necessary now?”
She leaned against the counter and proceeded to nail her brother to his seat
with a glare.

“Well,
no,” he said, pushing his chair out and rising slowly. “We had other business
to attend to last night.”

“You
said we could go to the lake." A young man with brilliant
brown eyes and uncombed hair poked Jonah soundly in the ribs. I lowered my mug
and cleared my throat. Five heads swiveled in my direction.

“I`d
be happy to take the boys to the lake,” I offered with my most cheery voice, imagining what it would look like in the summer instead of still covered with ice as it probably was now.